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Taxonomy
Family:
SCISSURELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Scissurellidae (Family)
> Sinezona (Genus)
> mechanica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ariella Bandel, 1998
=Daizona Bandel, 1998
Images: Sinezona mechanica Geiger & Marshall, 2012
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Taxonomy
Family:
SCISSURELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Scissurellidae (Family)
> Sinezona (Genus)
> mechanica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ariella Bandel, 1998
=Daizona Bandel, 1998
Details: Sinezona mechanica Geiger & Marshall, 2012
Size/Grows to:
Width 1.28mm, Height 0.89mm
Distribution:
Macquarie Island and New Zealand. Ranfurly Bank, south-eastern South Island, Stewart Island and Chatham Islands, from 15-360m
Type Data:
  • Ocean Bay, Chatham Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Walton, K. Nov/2015 New records of intertidal and shallow sub-tidal (to 30 m) Mollusca from the Chatham Islands, Cookia, 27 (p.3)
  • Geiger, D.L., Marshall, B.A. 2012 New species of Scissurellidae, Anatomidae, and Larocheidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) from New Zealand and beyond, Zootaxa, 3344 (p.6) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil